In the early hours of Monday, February 23, Islamic State fighters attacked several Christian villages along the Khabur River in north eastern Syria. Four Christians enrolled in the Assyrian militia were killed and one young civilian child. One Christian woman was raped by the Islamic invaders before being slaughtered. As many as 200 Christians—including women and … [Read more...]
Niger: Muslims Slaughter Christians, Try to Burn Them Alive in Churches Over European Muhammad Cartoons
More details on the “collective punishment” of Niger’s Christians in response to Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoons recently appeared. According to a nun who escaped the violence, forty churches were torched and ten people slaughtered. She further added that “the intention was to torch all the churches with us inside them on Christmas Day and thus burn us alive!” This never … [Read more...]
Nigerian Christians ‘Really Paying Heavy Price for Their Faith’
What does the sub-Saharan African nation have in common with Arab nations like Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia; what does it have in common with Iran or Turkey or even east Asian nations like Indonesia; what does it have in common with sister African nations like Somalia and Sudan? Muslims persecuting Christians: "The residents of Maiduguri [in Muslim-majority … [Read more...]
Tanzania: Muslims Burn Church, Beat Converts to Christianity
Around 2 a.m. on January 20, a church building in a Muslim-majority area of Tanzania was set on fire. Before that, the pastor of the church had been repeatedly threatened. The church building was in in Mashewa, in the Muheza district of Tanga Region, which is overwhelmingly Muslim. Weeks earlier, also in the same region, “a young woman from a Muslim background who had … [Read more...]
A West Bank ‘Prank’: Fake Bomb Placed in Front of Church in Jenin
An explosive device found planted in front of the Latin Church in Jenin created some hysteria until officials tried to dismantle it only to discover that it was fake and apparently planted there simply to create fear and discord. Of course, real bombs detonating next to churches is an all too common phenomenon in the Muslim world. Images of the fake bomb and church after … [Read more...]